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Collaborations and AT


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Research Collaborations and Academic Technologies

Staff members of Academic Technologies (AT), a department of Information Technology (IT), are available to collaborate with Northwestern researchers in

  • writing research proposals for funding,
  • partnering with NU faculty in the programming and systems development work of research grants, and
  • consulting with NU researchers about promising new technology standards and compute systems for tackling research problems.

Academic Technologies has expertise in a wide range of videoconferencing-related technologies, such as:

  • High definition video
  • Room design
  • Desktop videoconferencing
  • Streaming of events between sites using high quality audio/video (e.g. Master's Classes)
  • Access Grid- based videoconferencing
  • Streaming and archiving of videoconferences

Academic Technologies also has expertise in a number of current research technologies, including:

  • high-resolution imaging and video systems;
  • digital workflow systems for research computations;
  • parallel processing;
  • emerging collaboration platforms;
  • scientific visualization displays; and
  • digital repositories.

Staff at AT are partners to current NSF, NIH, Augusta Webster, and Mellon Foundation grant projects at the University.

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Support Contact

For guidance on how AT may help you with your research proposal, please contact Bob Taylor (Director, Academic Technologies) or Gary Greenberg (Executive Director for Research and Teaching Initiatives), or any of the AT architects:

Last Updated: 26 September 2007